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I NCI C'ltllftK IN ATLANTIC .
"SECOKO SPECTACUUR VOYAGE
Preyed I'ptm Hhiptttag In Houlhem
Atlantic Waters, mm! lauded All
Warahlpa Sent After Her
Berlin, via Sayvllle. Mar. It.Tbs
Oerman auxiliary cruiser Moewa re
turned lo her horn port of the navy
from her second cruise In the At
lantic ocean, declared a statement le
aned by tha official press bureau to
day. . .... ' .
"She remslned In tha Allantlo for
severel montha under tba command
of Burgrave and Count llohna Bch
lodleu. .. '
"Tha ahli captured II steamers
and flva sailing ahlpa, with total of
111,000 Kroaa tona.
"Among these vessels wera 11 hoa
tlla steamers, of which eight vara
armed and flva warn In tha servUs of
tha British admiralty, aa well aa four
hostile sailing ahlpa. Among these
ahlpa wera the Voltaire, an English
steamer with a 1 1-centimeter cannon.
I.I IT groan tona, la ballaat, and lb
Hallbjorg, a N'orwsrfHn sttfamer of
1.5X7 tona carrying parcels, and the
at earner Mount Temple." .
The Hallbjorg was a N'orwegten
ateel screw steamer of l.tUt tons,
owned "by the At Vies Hallbjorg com
pany of Halmatad. 8ha has not been
previously listed aa one of the South
American raider's victims. The Vol
taire and Mount Temple were both
previously known to have' been sunk
la South American waters.
Tha above dispatch girea tha first
definite Identification of tha raider
a atha Moewe. She had previously
been reported from unoffloial allied
and neutral sources aa tha converted
cruiser Vlnela.
The Moewe on the second raiding
expedition Just concluded aucoeeded
In breaking all records for eluslve
aeea. Her record of ships aunk aa re
ported above la two leaa than that of
her famotta predecessor, (ha Oerman
ateamer Emden, which aank 11 vea
net in her first raid the Moewe wee
credited with alnklng 15 ship-., so
that with tha II reported above ahe
has now accounted for 18 veas-M
a record In naval warfare. Iledep
Tcdstloin have probablv cr-?! shipping
in th neighborhood of ll7.onu.uno.
Part of tha Moewe's cargo of booty
from the first trip waa 1100,000 In
gold, taken If the Appam,
First reports concerning the South
American raider now definitely
Identified as the Moewe came In
United Press dispatches from Its staff
oorreapondent In n lienor. Aires.. At
that time United Press dlapatchea re
ported tha raider to have aunk or
raptured II vessels. ..
later Information said the raider
had allpped out of Kiel harbor, flying
the Danish flag, and successfully
1 tided the British patrol fleet.
There have been numerous reports
recently concerning the presence or
Oerman raiders still lurking In South
American wstere. There may be ves
sels captured by tha Moewe and trans
formed Into auxiliary ratdera. Bur
vlvora brought Into Pernaiubuco on
the ateamer Hudson Maru from ves
eels taken by the raider, aaid there
. waa at leant one with the Moewe act
ing aa auxiliary raider.
The Intvat report of a battle with
raiders oame In United Press dla
patches Tuesday from Rio Janeiro,
telling of damage done the British
c.nitW Amethyst In tho conflict,. In
which the British cruiser OIiisrow
. waa fanned.. ; ' ' ,
OA!
READY TO STOP
rath of tiwiiHUj Army in lb-treat
Through France la Marked -Ity
Wnntotia .
london, Mar, II. Tha German re
treat la not yat andad, In tba opinion
of General Maurice, director of mill
tary operations. Discussing news
from tha western front today, Mau
rice declared tha Oermaa daatruetiva
tartloa far exceed the military naadi
of tha altuatlon. Ha suggested tha
poaalblllty that they were dictated by
a political motive the Idea, being to
Ineplre fear from the French that all
territory which Germany would re
linquish would fee treated similarly,
and thua lead tha French to consider
peace. '
Paris. Mar. IS. Despite Tlgorous
defense by the Germane, French
force have occupied several mora all
laces north of Soisaona in their for
ward aweep, today's official etatement
declared. '
"French troops drove the Germane
out of eeversi positions north of Ter
gnler during the night,- the etate
ment declared. "During the night,
after sharp fightings they also occu
pied severs! more Tillage north of
8olaaona, despite vigorous defense by
the Germans.
"French troops raided Oerman
trenches north of Berry-au-Bac and
raptured prisoners. ,
'Attempted Oerman raids In the
Argonas wera reouleed."
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REVEALS HOU
With the British Armlea in France,
Mar. II. The horror of the Oerman
retirement grew today when K. be
came known that tha Teutona at Rouy
la Petit collected about two hundred
old people and children. In addition
to the usual population of the place
and then deliberately shelled the
village. ' A number of the innocent
people were killed.
Aa the Germane fall back the ug
liest side of the war la uncovered.
Hideous, evldenrea of vandalism
abound everywhere. But moat tra
glo of all are the human wrecks left
behind. They atare at the Incoming
British and French troops with eyes
made mild by Buffering. Their facea
wear a blank expression because hack
of them are brains dulled by lack of
proper, sustenance.
Tha facea of babiea and the youn
ger children are especially pitiful.
Colorless they are, with great black
circles under the eyes. No one had
taated meat for alx montha or more.
Wherever wo went we heard praise
of tha American relief commission,
whose efforts reached lo the foremost
villages 'behind the Oerman lines.
However, the people declared that the
Germans prorited by those auppuee,
Bablei were especially hard, tiltv ow
ing to lack of milk. Cattledlsappear
ed entirely, long1 ago, and the 'babies
have been without milk' since then.
The problem of feeding the old
people and the babies la difficult, but
I la 1etiuj( attended to, ' Cltlsens be
tween 16 and 60 were mostly driven
back before the retiring' Germans,
presumably In order to force them to
work.
The retreat continues today. The
British are within five miles of Ban
Qnentln and are atlll pressing on to
ward the Nord canal, which the ene
my la utilising for purposes of de
fense. AKUOPtiANK WITH Al KTHIAN
PHI NTH IS MtHHlNO
Berlin, via Snyvllle, Mar, 23. An
aeroplane directed by Prince Fred
erlch Karl of Prussia has not re
turned from a raid over hostile lines
between Arraa and Perohne, declared
nn ofTo'al wnr offfe statement today.
KftKiKHTIOXH KOK ItEt'TRAL ME
DIATION ARK 6QVKUMKO BY
' KTATK hKPAKTMK.VT 1
TRACE MOVE SWISS MASTER
Admlaistratloa Not Now IMmjnmmmI to
Further Msrakstos) of Itetalla,
Hut Artloa la Demanded
Washington, Mar. II. The atate
department today squelched all sug
gestions for neutral mediation be
tween the United 8tatea and Ger
many. Thla will continue to be the
administration attitude until the elate
la clean between Germany and Am
erica.
Suggestion that a neutral move to
ward mediation ' waa proceeding,
brought from the department the
definite knowledge that thla govern
ment la not now disposed to parley.
Administration officials. Including
Secretary of Bute lanalng. were
frankly displeased at the mediation
talk, branding It aa pro-German and
antl'Amertcan.
. The ttate department aaid officially
It had not received a format media
tion offer, aalde from tho several of
fers made at the time of the break
with Germany to do anything that
could be done.;
Just who waa Inspiring the media
tion talk waa unknown. But there waa
a suspicion that It might bo fostered
by Swiss sources, especially aa a
propaganda move Just after the break
waa directly traced to the efforts of
Swine Minister Ritter.
SMALLPOX EPiOBIlC
Waahington. Mar. II. Thirty
thousand oasea of smallpox In Ger
many, and the disease la spreading
rapidly, according to a speech recent
ly made In the relchatag by Socialist
Member Hoffman,' which haa been re
ceived here in full.
Brief portions of the apdech were
received by the press In thla coun
try recently. The full text ahowed
that Hoffman charged that the rich
were getting the fata, while the poor
had none;. the government, waa ac
tually hoarding aausagea with which
the poor ought to 1e fed; that small
pox Is epreadlng and that the vaccina
tion epldenilo against It waa proving
futile. The speech ahowed a tar more
distressing altuatlon In Germany than
reporta thus far. reaching the de
partment
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Washington, . Mar. , 11, Govern
ment supervision of the country's vast
resources of raw materials used In
the production of munitions and other
war auppllea, la contemplated by the
national council of defense, if the
United States -goes to war with Ger
niHny. Tentative plana tor putting
such supervision into operation al
most Immedlntoly, already have been
completed. .
The council Is hopeful that the big
producers of raw material will agree
to such a plan voluntarily. Rut In
or they do not,' the council la pre
pared to go before the coming extra
canlon of congress and aak for such
power. Already the copper produoers
hove offered to sell the .government
(Continued on Pago S)
ftltfllSS !( UB M It'll
THOl'HANlaW OF VOUITICai,
TO FllIi urn
XMlun liana for WnlluOeano
Fart Hpecdinj t)
Washington, Mar. It-lta-.-.-
menia the nation'! all ltdiy.-xiVi
.The navy want Ueiultkeao
will soon need thea under a-a w .. nn.
expected call for volultm , w for I
a compulsory war struct
The navy la doUiUWtau 'taMBf
" riHraa.sCTiaoVo11p,1
uw .way wi iiwmiai in PWrassijnn,,,!,
The army walta npotHiitNt, jaj, ,
to heed what K may "7Ute-',iiii
men.. -..
Naval, military., mail, L
trial and financial DrmrcaiL.nj,u
plans, aa formulated br til ta-i Mtloul
defense council and wrltd a , m(
the government ; dtHiMntt uj, M
claimed to be aa admit M usco,,,!
be expected at this time.
7 The navy depart m It erovowdini;
IU recruiting, ' f mint IP ! roan nA.
branches under the aiitlu can 4 I
patriotic wave. Ukowlanplir injirirmj
recruiting ia on the Itmtw, . , v. ...
The war department It Wr-wi),,, to
follow out with vigorutcMnesniraiMs.
green adopt, although pwim,w(1 0(
universal military tnlili (ar iar t,
their schemes will b Mattel luail , ,
of a call for volunteen, luiinwmi. u
a douhle system voluntw md (g mm.
pulaory cannot be opmld itJi 0M
time. '
The navy will bear Ike a nlM bl,;j
den of war,
nueainijw-tlttdjtl)t
edly will be .raised, nillltary m'Qtitain av
that thla will not b 11 ttwinrlM)
army.,:-
The navy Is pushInMiilnttoiv,(ir,1(,
the limit and for thi noa pam p,rt ,
receiving tho moat eitua tePaW.(tej)pni.
tlon. Destroyer Iblda till t tp-qo omiimI
Saturday, In advance olthnthnnwt,,,!
time.
Blda for submarlm chwca
(Continued on Pip I)
PUINFCiU
Petrograd, Mar. IMtttomi! Rwn
la democratising everj poMible )l (t,
turn of, her government ntlnuilJhiHrj ,
Announcements from dmiit lMifeideri
today Indicated that th eoMlltajjlKltuent
assembly which will decide lb. ,Htl
form of the future gownwit ltwlH
be held aa soon as possible,
In the meantime onpollMwb, dunu
leaders favors extensloi ol mlf r iliiffrasfl
to women, granting torn I tok3lcnte
thla choice of the form ol iovBvo;overa
ment. In session today the inlnliltri
ciaeo xo gram tree railway pi am r,p,
to pardoned prlaonenHielinllnit jinttho
vast number of political prltonci town
exiled to Siberia by t'hi oil (Di-avoovern-ment.
Foreign . Mlnlmr Mllti V r; Utikoff
was also authorlied to inm mlnl!t,8nel
to emigrants In other mlloiu aw is vhn
might desire to return loRmli - ilnann.
der the democracy.
Liberation of polltlnl triMmHsoim
Roea on throughout Runts. Vy -,Vord
received from Chltra Wiy Mil Jiloold of
the great demonstration then on won the
arrival of the first batch ol relea-ml.itlK
political prisoners from Siberia. ,
According to GeriAia ofcir t4ter lik
en prisoner by the Rmilin al imt
front, the German offlclilnttlionMaopln
that recent events In Inula
mark the breakdown of the tnlltt llllllr).
offlclency of the Russian araf,
nrin Aimi A.1V MM V wra
wmmmmm
RELIEF SUPPLY
S
Retreating Amies Conttnao Betro
grade Movement, arttb Allioa faa
Fall runmit
With the French Armlea Advanc
ing From Noyon to Choosy : and
Ttrtaler, Mar. 21 (By automobile
to Parte, Mar. II.) Retreating Gor
man troops sacked '.- area ' supply
houses of the American relief com
mission to leave the French civilian
Inhabitant without food. They took
very vestige of every metal In the
French villages and their policy of
Insensate destruction marked prao-
tictlly every louse In the territory
which they evacuated. ,
Bat If tho Germans hoped by ut
ter devastation to atom the tide of
the French advance against ' them,
they were disappointed. '.The French
advance baa been so rapid that la
many caaea they have arrived at
towns and villages hours .before the
flermana hajf nlannAA 1a evacuate
. .... . . :
No lg lh. jj advance lacking
In raethodlcaraystem. ' Behind tha
' acreen of faat moving cavalry and
infantry come the engineers and road
bulldera to bridge craters and be
hind them the artillery awaits only
the construction of high-wave. -'
A few miles beyond Noyon today
I witnessed the rapidity with which
the French are overcoming every ef
fort of the enemy to check their ad
vance. There the French columns
noannteTed a fifty-foot hole a cra--ter
en the Noyoa-Ohaay road, ex
avctly,ai the spot eat calealated to
impedt tr e adrsnce. The French
-fantry and cavalry Immediately de
voured to adjoining fields and con
tinned their forward movement with-
at Interruption. .. At the same mo
ment englneera began, filling the era
ater and bridging It.' Another detach-
ament started on a road winding
a round the place, almost before the
aat shovel of dirt waa thrown and
tut natl driren hattMriea of Mie
r arw ..75.. ,, w,nt nwaln
hl, . Id mi.nlUotu
aand supply trains daahed forward
i ikewlae.
The entire advance waa resumed.
Flushing forward with the army today
toward Chauny and Tergnler one aaw
t lie entire horitoa clouded with the
avmoke of burning: farms and village.
IT -he pathway of the German retreat
vavaa traceable for fifteen miles by
-tich palla of smoke.
Along the roal tack from Tergnler
and Noyon poured an unending
stream of rehigeea from these bl.a
tarag farms and villages. Nearly all
arere women pitiful In thsr rtcstltii-
tRon, a few. scant pieces of clothing
red and strapped on their backs,
oar. pushing oaoy carnages, or wneei-
ibanrrows with tiny tots tucked there-
W, Tounger children clung to their
',Kirti or themselves toddled along
nxder the weight of bundles. '
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"vl.llUl ULUUU IJ1UUI
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' New York, Mar. SI. Recruiting
lUaxtlons began to work overtime al-
HOUSE
SACKED
ride-'noat before they had gotten under
wamy for buslnesa here today, trying
IV explain to women that they could
not enlist aa regular seamen of the
vy.
Willi word received from Philadel
phia that Mlaa Loretta Walsh had en
llevted as a yeoman' there, women
flocked to enlist here. Mlas Walsh
ina the first woman taken In the
vy under Secretary Daniels' order
a , recruiting officers to enlist women
. yeomen.
Three score women applied here
asterday and promptly refused to
era list unless they could be assigned
ibxmrd battleships. Today their nuin-
br was expected to be tripled.
The nearest the fair applicants can
rw-t to becoming feminine jack tara la
Jrlng itenographlo work in ; navy
ya-rds,
mam
tor in
cum
HARDY W. CAXIUELl, TO Am
DKB88 FARMERS IX THIS CITY
1 BATt'RDAl" AFTKRNOON -
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HTTHEacfC(i::.M
Bpedal Ianitatioa I Extended ; to.
Saar Boot Grwwen aad laraa- '
:. .. avaiaGeawral
. . The sugar beet growers of Ne
braska started In iwtth a production
Af lim aJavfi wa aalaaaw. WAma vkaka
va, sivim vegjui, w aaaaav avaaa jrvi asvivji
but when Hardy W. Campbell got
buay with hia tlUage methoda (he beet
yield' went hp by leaps and bounds' r
till a record of 41 tona per acre, with "
aa average of If toaav ralaoi mT cka,
Campbell methoda haa, beep, obtaaaw.
ed. Beet Growers of the Rogne vaUey '
will toe given aa opportnnlty to hear
from Mr. Campbell Saturday Just how
the aeml-arld regloaa of the middle"
west were redeemed to agriculture by .
Campbell's efforts. Ha win addr
the people of this district at . tha
Chamber of Commerce rooms, at two '
o'clock, the genera public "being la- '
vlted, with ao charge for admiasioa.
While Campbell Is beat, known aa .
the'dry fanning, expert, ho says
that the term Is a misnomer. - He ro-'
fers to his work as "better farming" '
and soma of his talk Saturday will
be on. the conaorvatloa of not only
the natural rainfall, bat also in get-
ting fall duty oat of Irrigation water
where Irrigation la available.
, Mr. Campbell haa made a life-work
of soil tillage and culture methods '
till it is his great fad, aad numerous 7
books have been written by him. He
Is an authoritv throughout tha mid",
die west, and It Is an opportunity that
npne should miss to see and hear bias
Saturday. The sugar" company la
urging every beet' grower to attend.
and tho assembly room of the Cham
ber of Commerce should he crowded. 1
The address -wtll tbe illustrated by
stereoptlcoa views.
PIAII FLEET OF 5000 D
WIF0S0.S.
Waahington, Mar. 12. A mammoth . .. .
fleet of 6,000 standardised typea of
aircraft to augment the present -.
aerial forces of the United Statea ia
planned by the national advisory com- .
mittee of aeronauts, it waa stated to
day. The committee, army and navy
officers and some thirty manufacture'
era of aircraft met here today to de
cide upon the quickest possible way to
turn out this large air fleet In
of war.
OLD Rt'HSIAN KEGIMK .
SOl'OHT SEPARATE fKACft
Petrograd, Mar. It. Correspon
dence between the ciarina and form-'
er Minister Propopotoft haa been dis
covered, the Bourse Gaxette asserted -
today, proving that Propopotoft aad
others In the former regime had made
efforts to conclude a separata peace
with Germany. ' -
THJ? (JOVKRNOR PROCLAIMS
OIIKQON PATRIOTIC WB1
Salem, Mar. 11. Oregon will ob
serve the week beginning March IS
aa "patriotic week," by virtue of a
proclamation Issued . by Governor
Wlthycombe. The proclamation targes
all young men to "rally to the flag"
and officers of the national guard will
make a special effort to secure re
cruits. ,
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